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Le nozze di Figaro, 22 July 1963

The Opera

Venue: Royal Albert Hall, London

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Librettist: Lorenzo da Ponte

Conductor: Silvio Varviso

Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Cast

Figaro: Heinz Blankenburg

Susanna: Liliane Berton

Bartolo: Michael Langdon

Marcellina: Rosa Laghezza

Cherubino: Edith Mathis

Count Almaviva: Michel Roux

Don Basilio: Hugues Cuenod

Countess Almaviva: Leyla Gencer

Antonio: Derick Davies

Don Curzio: John Kentish

Barbarina: Maria Zeri

1st Bridesmaid: Audrey Attwood

Production Team

Original Producer: Carl Ebert